How-to

How to Accept SNAP Payments: A Guide for Montana CSA Farms

This excellent resource from Montana's National Center for Appropriate Technology walks CSA farms through setting up SNAP/EBT. Though made for Montanans, much of its advice is applicable nationwide. Valuable for…

Getting Started | SNAP, EBT, and Nutrition Incentive Programs | Farm Stands, CSAs, and Mobile Markets | CSA

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Webinar

Closing the Gap on Food & Nutrition Security

From the 2021 Ohio Nutrition Incentive Network Convening, this presentation on projects designed to connect families in need of food access support with local farm direct sales. In particular, this…

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility | SNAP, EBT, and Nutrition Incentive Programs | Design and location | Data collection and evaluation | Farm Stands, CSAs, and Mobile Markets | Box Programs

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Webinar

Impactful Agency Outreach Partners Webinar

From the 2021 Ohio Nutrition Incentive Network Convening, this presentation on agency partnerships between markets and local and state agencies offers excellent resources for anyone considering similar partnerships, particularly around…

Partnership development | SNAP, EBT, and Nutrition Incentive Programs | Special events | Advocacy and Policy

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Research

Healthy Food Incentive Impacts on Direct-to-Consumer Sales: A Michigan Example

ABSTRACT: Numerous interventions have been implemented at farmers markets across the United States in recent years in order to increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) redemptions. These initiatives include ensuring…

Getting Started | SNAP, EBT, and Nutrition Incentive Programs | Farmers Markets | Research on FM, SNAP, and NI

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Research

Toward a framework for assessing managerial intentions A review of support for market managers’ engagement with nutrition incentive programs

ABSTRACT: The last several years have seen a rapid expansion in the number of nutrition incentive programs implemented at farmers markets. While there has been increased attention paid to these…

Data collection and evaluation | Farmers Markets | Research on FM, SNAP, and NI

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Research

Illinois Farmers Markets Using EBT: Impacts on SNAP Redemption and Market Sales

ABSTRACT: The number of people in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, is currently at an all-time high. The switch from food stamp coupons to…

Getting Started | SNAP, EBT, and Nutrition Incentive Programs | Equipment options | Scrip/tokens and systems

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Webinar

Centering Food on People, Not Process

Community-based organizations across the country are rethinking their approach to the design of food incentive programs, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — formerly known as food stamps. Rather than…

Partnership development | Getting Started | SNAP, EBT, and Nutrition Incentive Programs | Data collection and evaluation | Understanding your community and customers | Grassroots outreach

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Resource List

Conduct a Needs Assessment

This resource page from Rural Health Information Hub offers a list of community institutions that might offer data to support a community needs assessment in a rural community, and goes…

Evaluation and Reporting | Planning and process | Getting Started | Data collection and evaluation | Sharing your results | What to measure and track

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Community Needs Assessment Resource Guide

This Resource Guide from Community Action Partnership provides a long list of resources around planning, conducting, and evaluation the results from a community needs assessment. Resources are drawn from a…

Evaluation and Reporting | Planning and process | Getting Started | Data collection and evaluation | Sharing your results | What to measure and track

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Resource List

Adding Incentives to your Market

In 2021, the Farmers Market Coalition developed a number of new resources, including two practitioner papers, a roundtable discussion, and a conversation on Facebook Live, all aimed at helping managers…

Partnership development | Getting Started | SNAP, EBT, and Nutrition Incentive Programs

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